Nabra Nelson

Nabra Nelson is a writer, community organizer, and theater creator from Nubia, Egypt, and California. Her Nubian side is from the Fadijja tribe of the village of Abu Simbel in Egypt. As a playwright, arts administrator, director, and teaching artist, she works with theaters, universities, and community organizations to create positive change, strengthen community, and amplify under-heard voices through theater. She a founding company member of Dunya Productions and Heard Space Arts Collective, co-host of the podcast Kunafa & Shay, co-founder of HERitage emBODYment, and leads the Nubian Foundation for Preserving a Cultural Heritage.

Previous Seattle associations include: Seattle Rep, Young Women Empowered, the Ethnic Studies & Theatre of the Oppressed Institute, SCRiB Lab's ScriptLab, Puget Sound Theatre Standards Coalition at TPS, Cultural Congress Planning Committee at Inspire Washington, and the Duwamish Solidarity Group.